RE: Sat on a Toilet Sensor ?

["Marcus Warrington" <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Com'on Chris... this is a "Home Automation" list... where's
the fun in havi=
ng a manual button :-)

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Seriously though, the point was that I DIDN'T want the occupant to have
the=
decision... either because they might be too lazy to press it (kids) or di=
dn't know they had to (guests).

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I've been looking at strain gauges and they do tend to be very expensive (=
=A3100's) but some do appear on eBay (simple foil type) quite cheaply, but
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I don't know if they would be suitable,

I'm wondering if I could get a set of those (relatively cheap) kitchen
scal=
es and cannibalise them into something suitable..

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of C=
hris Hunter
Sent: 12 July 2007 18:00
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Sat on a Toilet Sensor ?

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how about just a button on the wall, and leave the decision for on /=20
off to the occupant ?

or maybe a switch on the lid, as against the seat ...

Chris

On 12 Jul 2007, at 13:07, Kevin Hawkins wrote:

> Hi Marcus,
>
> Under a previous topic (occupancy detection) I was looking at using
> these 'Pulsor' pressure/strain sensors to detect occupancy , hoping=20
> they
> might detect someone even when asleep on the sofa. But I think they
> report 'change' rather than any steady load state so I didn't go any
> further. I was still interested for some entry exit type light
> triggering or even for my stair treads.
>
> They may well work well for you in this application though. I may=20
> still
> get some and have a play.
>
> http://www.sureaction.com/pulsor.htm
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> Kevin
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